8.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Red Dwarf (1988)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.2
Overview
The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Neutral
Christianity: Negative
Overview
The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The series consistently satirizes corporate bureaucracy and class structures through its main characters' experiences, championing anti-authoritarianism and the value of chosen family over rigid systems.
Red Dwarf features visible diversity through its non-human characters, including a Black actor in a prominent role and an AI character with changing gender. The narrative, however, focuses on sci-fi comedy and character-driven humor rather than explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering on DEI themes.
Secondary
Red Dwarf features incidental LGBTQ+ elements, including a brief, non-judgmental reference to a gay marriage. However, it also contains problematic homophobic slurs used by a main character, Rimmer, whose bigotry is consistently portrayed as a character flaw. The show's net impact on LGBTQ+ portrayal is neutral, as these elements largely cancel each other out without a central affirming or denigrating narrative.
The show frequently uses Christian concepts for comedic effect, often portraying traditional beliefs as naive, misguided, or subject to cynical exploitation by characters. The narrative consistently leans towards skepticism, questioning the validity of faith without offering significant counterbalancing positive portrayals.
Red Dwarf does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. While the show occasionally explores gender-swapping or parallel universes with reversed genders for comedic effect, these instances do not depict or engage with transsexual identity as defined by the rubric.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Red Dwarf is an original series with no prior source material. All main characters were created for the show, and their genders have remained consistent with their initial portrayals within the series. The AI character Holly's interface changed gender, but this was an in-universe design choice for an AI, not a reinterpretation of a character with a fixed, pre-established gender.
Red Dwarf is an original series, not an adaptation of pre-existing material. The main characters were created for the show and have been consistently portrayed by the same actors or actors of the same race throughout its run, establishing their original racial depictions within the series itself. No character's race has been changed from a prior canonical or historical establishment.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.4
8.0
Critic Ratings
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